we'll get back to you. >> it's a program that's about around since 1999, but not a lot of families know about it, in fact only one family applied for the five thousand dollars last year. the program has been wildly successful. it was launched in 1999. since 2007 there's been 7500 families served. the numbers are not in for 2014,

we're waiting on those, but in 2013 we're helping 1700 children across united states and only one from delaware we're working hard to get the word out in delaware, so more folks in delaware can benefit from this. >> i guess there's a perception or misperception that obama care is going to take care of all the expenses if their child is dealing with a medical procedure, that's not true, is it? >> the supplement folks who have an employer model who are getting the healthcare through the employer or purchased it in the delaware marketplace, different plans cover different services. there are things that are partially covered or fully covered or not covered at all. >> let's talk about the eligibility requirements. we have graphics we can show for

the united healthcare children's foundation, there are medical grant guidelines, children must be 16 years of age or younger and families must meet certain economic guidelines. >> do you know what they are? >> everything they need to know is on the website. >> they must live in the united states. >> that's correct. >> and here are the provisions. up to $5,000 per child per grant. and 60 days for prior to application. that's a good program. when we say any kind of commercial healthcare it can run the gambet. it doesn't have to be unite the healthcare. >> it doesn't, for whatever

employer program they have or what they purchased in the delaware marketplace it doesn't have to be united healthcare specifically we cover gaps that happen in other insurance companies. >> we're looking at a number of things you were nice enough to bring in, the books and stuffed animals, to help fund the grant, because it is actually made available, the money is made available through the philanthropy of so many people, businesses so talk about the books and the stuffed animal. >> the children's foundation is a 501c3 so it's a charitable foundation, it's funded through individuals and corporations and united healthcare group employees. we've partnered with am zone for folks in the community who want to be able to get involved with helping, they kind of wanted to

something great to give back to the community, but they are not sure what, this is a great opportunity to go on am zone and purchase the items, so we've got, the fimpg we have is old -- first thing we have is oliver and hope. it's a book series, it kinds of takes the kids through a pictorial version of an interesting story that will uplift them. so the books are one option. >> if you purchase the book, all the proceeds go to the children's foundation. >> something else that's a big favorite of mine, is the big joke book this is really fun, because over 600 children all across the united states actually sent their favorite joke or riddle in to be able to bring a smile to a sick child's fails. one of the ones that is one of

my favorite is from andrew in delaware. >> this is a child who submitted a joke. >> this is a child who submitted a joke. >> it goes like this. >> knock knock. >> whose there? dishes. >> dishes who. >> dishes me who are you? [laughter]. andrew, i'm going to use that on the news. >> i've got my friend chewy, this is brand new, grins to go, this item was launched in december 2014 it's full of all kinds of great things when children are waiting to get a medical procedure done in a waiting room or on a car ride or train ride you need things to

take their mind off what's going on. this is a great gift. we used this as a a lot of teen building exercises throughout the country. united healthcare workerses got together and put these bags together. if you're looking to give something back, you can buy grins to go bags. amazon.com they are available and they go to the foundation for children. >> it puts a smile on the parents faces. five thousand dollars is nothing to sneeze at. >> a smile. >> we were talking about the medical conditions, surgery,

prescriptions, wheelchairs, eye glasses, medical devices all these things that could be covered under the children's foundation. >> those are some examples, it's not that they are not covered at all, some of them are partially covered, but there's a gap and he >> for parents who might be interested what is the quickest way to apply for the grant. >> the one thing that's great about the grant a lot of grants come with deadlines and filing conditions, go to our website wwwuhccf.org or google united healthcare children's foundation, in case you have any questions you're not sure,

everything you need to understand is on the website itself. >> thank you very much for coming in and talking about the children's foundation. hopefully more families in delaware will ally and get the money that's out there. >> we'll take a break, delaware prospective continues right after this.

>> welcome back to delaware prospective, the fight to save open space in delaware is sometimes the david against goliath story. the jason is here to tell us about save the valley.

it's a movement that continues to grow, you've gotten five thousand people on facebook who agree with you that's it's become a problem all the developments in parts of the delaware and pennsylvania. you were a runner and you saw the need to start this save the valley movement. talk a little bit about that, you used to run through parts of beaver valley and you just noticing that -- you were seeing less and less of it while you were running. talk about the inspiration for save the valley. >> growing up in north wilmington, i was blessed with a huge expanse of open space that i could run in, i knew was privately sold land and it could be sold off. one day someone said there's a

piece of handle that's going to be developed over here. i said i want to stop the development. because it's an important peels of land to me, not just because of running, an escape. >> save the environment. >> as i started the movement, the entire community is very, very attached to it. >> were you surprised by the ground swell of support that you got when you decided to start the save the valley movement. again, it's two thousand years ago, thousands of people on facebook. you had a turn out in 2013 where you had hundreds of people. >> close to 1,000 people, so you know this land is it's kind of confusing it crosses many boarders. it's starts in delaware and flows into pennsylvania and crosses different township lines. >> we're looking at the video

now of the different pieces of property that are being talked about, that are being threatened by developers, so to speak, i guess. it's proximity to development and urban sprawl you literally cross 202 it's right there. it's a special piece of space. about half of the handle was turned into delaware's first national park, two years ago, and about half the land is saved and the other half is slated for development. a lot of people are upset by that, they want to have the land saved join the national park or privately held land that has a land conservation each time on on -- easement on it. >> what she why should we cart development is happening at a break neck pace through parts of

delaware and pennsylvania. and why is it important to know there are movements like save the valley out there. why she would it matter to us. >> well, a lot of people moved to the area you know because of the open space that used to be here. in concord township used to be -- concord develop is where the current development plans are in pennsylvania. they moved there because of the open space, it was a rural community 50 years ago, it's been quickly built out. there's this last span of open space left which is why people moved there. you know, we have to protect it. it's important, you know recollectionally, hikers, -- bikers, horseback riders. there's endangered species and protected species in there and there are buildings that are

orderly than the condition that are in great condition. all this would disappear to put in high-density housing. >> some people say housing is good be we'll talk about that in a bit. >> what is the strategy for the save the valley movement. there's legislation and the buy right proposal. what is the strategy for the save the reveal movement as we move into 2015. >> what our strategy is to educate the public on the issue, and really, you know oppose the plan that the developer came to the table with, back in 2013 when we had this big really they submitted a rezoning proposal. they were looking to build more houses then they were allowed. the entire concord township

section would have been developed. 550 houses, 220 commercial sites. >> about 1,000 people showed up with the meeting and the developers withdrew their proposal. they came back with a buy right plan what they are allowed under the zoning law. we believe it is not a buy right plan, because they have requested 40 to 60 vary -- variances on the land. take a look at the what the developers are doing and make sure they are doing what's proper for the land and what's not. >> when we come back we'll talk about the option you're facing from developers and some

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the boys town national hotline can help. call 800-448-3000 (tdd# 1-800-448-1433) or visit parenting.org prospective, we're talking with jason hoover who is the president of the save the valley movement. it started because you found open spaces were threatened by development. so many people moved to parts of delaware and pennsylvania was because of the open space. you failed opposition from developers who want to build houses or malice or whatever. has their opposition been surprising to you, as far as the

level of opposition, i mean has it gotten to a point where you wanded i have bitten off more than i can chew here? >> absolutely, i grew up in delaware, you're closer to your representatives, kind of like a boy's club. we did come up against a lot of opposition in concord township, because the laws are favorable to developers. i think they don't like that we could be threatening their way. so, yeah, i've been, a lot of times i've been threatened personally. >> really? >> by township officials, threatened to be sued. mailings blasted across the township with all my person information on it to tell everyone to stay away from me, i thought was unorunorthodox way f

running the township. sometimes i wondered wow, i didn't expect that, i started to think what am i getting myself into, but when i go back and see all the support i have and the people who are happy we have this organization recharges me and i'm ready to go again. >> because again we're talking about a volunteer organization that is funded basically on donations from people and again, if you're interested in donating go to the website, save thelleye bullet ton at the top. we tried to be creative, you could pledge monthly amounts, we call it a sacrifice pledge, if you want to give up the pies of

a movie ticket or a gym membership, or choose to donate once. >> opposition to local governments feel like what i have i got myself into. on the other side it's inspiring to see people who want to be a part of the movement. >> absolutely it's encouraging driving around and see a bumper sticker, here's our save the valley bumper sticker. >> hold that up. >> there you go. >> we have two of them, out there, you can get a free bumper sticker on our website. i'm pleasantly surprised all the time when i am going somewhere and i mentioned save the valley, i heard that organization and i love it and thank you for the work you're doing it's encouraging. >> you made a point, i'm sure you want to emphasize this, you're not necessarily blocking

development, but you're offering a solution, as well, so that there could be a preservation of open space, but at the same time there could some kind of development, as well. you're not necessarily 100% against it. >> right, we're not 100% against development, but we do feel this is a particularly important area for historic ecologic recreation. we're saying you have to come up with a sliewption. that's unique about our movement. we want to assembly a of people to buy the land. we would offer fair market price for the handle. we're not saying you can't sell

the land, but we want to come to the table with the developers and the woodlawn trustees and have our consortium purchase the land. >> just to play devils advocate, for people who want to build houses for people to live in the community, certainly there's nothing wrong building housing for a community that need it, you're saying some parts of the area have to be prerveld. >> absolutely it's adjacent to the first state national park. it's fortunate to have this national park next to the city, now we want to develop the gateway to it, it doesn't seem right. >> we continue to look at the video and some of the spaces that are being threatened, where do you run now? , again it's two years ago, when

you started seeing running in the beaver valley. >> i still run in the same area. none of it has been touched yet. so far we've been successful and we're just growing stronger everyday. >> keep up the good fight. >> thank you. >> and hopefully the save the valley movement will continue to grow. and, again, the website for people who want to participate. >> save the valley.org. >> and the plan for 2015 is to continue to grow and get more members. >> he with a want to keep working with the delaware representatives get their support to protect the delaware section as well as the pennsylvania section. we have to work across a lot of state lines. >> how old are you? >> 28. >> so you were 26 when you started this? >> yes. >> wonderful. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you for tuning in.

i'm rick williams on 6abc, enjoy the rest of the day. take care.

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